, 1887-05-25

after the singing of the "MarseiIla;sen
part OF The crowd ran along The street
after a man who had the boldness ~ crw
out, "Down with Francew He was bot.
~ pursued, but found refuge in tho nolic.
station of the Grand Opera House. me
crowd waited outside for him for n Iom1
time, ready to tear him; to pieces II LIE
showed his face, but they were driven
away by the police, who assured Them
that that the "PrusSian," as they callrI
the OBJECT of their hunt, had cone away
Inc oHIceS OF the anti-German papSr
La neFaRche were then visited by The
foW0leS, VINO cried out, "Vive La Re.
U0"c@e, ana 1--WE Peyramont." M. Pew.
at once came Town from his room onI
thanked the noisy brawlers for tbn,r
sympathy. A similar serenade outside tha
Army Club met with no response from tho
members. In the meanwhile, the nrouns
outside the Eden Theatre were oTovrin@
quiet anu silent in the heavy patterin@
rain. They were, however, discnsSino lie
situation under heirumbrelIas. soma ofth,,
students regretting that they were 50 faw
i'll number, while others vera ,ndionont
because Rochefort, Cl6menceau. fine Gommf
de D0uNIlle-M aiIlefeu, and other Ranuhli.
can Deputies had lent their sanction to
the ap0theoSiS of q Teutonic comnosnr
In the corridors of the theatre. nnonla
were beginning to grow cxcitpl M
PIunkett, the manager of the Eden. loudlv
condemned the conduct of the crowd WHOM
he accused OF IlJuring his interests. aAf rm.
HlS mat ne haa only looked upon GLohen.
grin, as " good opera to bring ont. He
was Here'tpoh denounced for having allow
el M L3iAoureux to run the piece at all,
ana n rather SfNpmu u,O $500
was terminated by the managers fr;anJs
who pulled him away. The corresnonJant
OF a foreign paper, who was said to havr
fought III the German army durinn thp
last war, was also recognised in the finer
ana was tod to go away. He insisted.
however, on his right to remain. and was
Immediately struck in the face and hus.
IIe1 ABOUT. Towards midnight the tu-
multi outside ceased, one Of the LAST arts
OF the lnturiated or miSchievous moh heinz
10 make q rush towards the stare.door'
where they seized d bouquet which n man
was bringing for one Of the singers and
trampled thunder foot. They then BEGAN n
hammer at the door, which was firmly 6olted.
DuG were ultimately dispersed bv tba
ponce 1Cmay be as we'll to remark that
the General Association of Students posi-.
tlNeIy denies that any of it's members took
part in the manifestation.
Io.mghCthe demonstrations unfortunate.
~ engendered by the production of ~Loben
grin" TOOK a more serious turn. Some of
the persons who participated in the nro-
ceedlngs oflast night were evidently md
the impression that Wagner's opera was
ABOUT to be given again for they re.
outside the Eden Theatre at
eight o'clock and resumed their cries Of
down with Lamourex" and "Down with
Wagner" The theatre was, however.
closed, and not a light was visible in any
or It's windows. The police formed up at
us doors and prevented the shouters from
approaching the building. Meanwhile the
crowd was growing more dense, owing to
numerous additions, its component elements
oelng the usual contingents of students and
QaM'"S 0e Pa'1S. After they had wreaked
thelr vocIterons vengeance on the Eden
they marched across the Place de POp6ra.
singing the "MarSeillaise" with all their
might. Outside The Army and Navy Club
they raised cries of "Vive PArm6e Fran.
caise! Vive Boulanger!' and "Down with
GermanyP The ominous cry of "A BerlinN
was also raised, and was readily taken mn
by many of the thousand throats. The
officers who had been dinin@in the club.
and all of whom were in mufti, came out on
the balconies of the building, but confined
themselves to Watching the crowd with the
calmest interest. Finding that their frenzy
was Uuheo1Ad i'm fhiM nnMcton +bo aLS